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Combat Sortie

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tyler McBride, left, shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christian Lamb before flying his first combat sortie in an F-16 Fighting Falcon on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2015. Bride is a pilot assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and Lamb is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford

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